The shadow deputy Commons leader said British politics has a “huge problem” with violence against women and language used by Mr Osborne about Mrs May “isn’t helping”.

A string of senior Tories also slammed Mr Osborne, who has made daily attacks on Mrs May since he was appointed the editor of the London newspaper the Evening Standard.

Tory MP Peter Bone even said Mr Osborne’s “mental health must be questioned” after his “unacceptable” comments about Mrs May.

He said: “He does seem to have a vendetta against the Prime Minister which does seem wholly unjustified.

“He was on the wrong side of the referendum but he really needs some happy pills.”

And last night Tory MP Nadine Dorries urged Tory HQ to rip up his conference pass. She tweeted: “I have contacted Chief Whip and asked that Osborne’s conference pass be withdrawn for expressing a desire to see a woman - the PM - murdered.

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Labour’s Cat Smith blasted Mr Osborne for his comments

Commons Speaker John Bercow also piled in - describing Mr Osborne’s latest attack on Mrs May as “most extraordinary". He added “A basic level of human respect is in order.”

Top Tory Jacob Rees-Mogg said the ex-Chancellor’s “bitterness and bile” diminishes his influence as well as the Evening Standard, which he dismissed as “a local paper” that he “very rarely” reads.

He said: “The sadness of George Osborne is that he is a formidably able man, he served with distinction as chancellor of the exchequer, and has decided since leaving Parliament to emulate a rather less successful Edward Heath.”

Mr Osborne has used his new role as Evening Standard editor to make a series of attacks on Mrs May, who he clashed with repeatedly during their six years as Cabinet colleagues.

He has previously described the PM as a “dead man walking” who was “death row” following her failure to win a majority at the election.

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Peter Bone said Mr Osborne’s has a vendetta against the Prime MinisterCredit: AFP or licensors

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His latest startling revelation came in a profile in Esquire magazine, which reported he had told a staffer that he will “not rest until she is ‘chopped up in bags in my freezer’”.

Ms Smith raised his comments in a Commons debate on abuse against MPs yesterday.

She said: “The decisions taken by press and media outlets, even political parties, to target some politicians over others can lead to some trolls seeing this as permission to take their racist and sexist abuse offline and, in some case sadly, acting out on it.

“Only this week the former chancellor told colleagues at the Evening Standard that he will not rest until the Prime Minister is, and I quote, ‘chopped up in bags in my freezer’.

“He has previously described the Prime Minister as a dead woman walking who is on death row, and compared the Prime Minister to the living dead in a second-rate horror film.

“The reason that I raise this is because violence against women is a huge problem in this country.”

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Speaker John Bercow was also critical of the former Chancellors commentsCredit: PA:Press Association

Her claims sparked a furious reaction from Mr Osborne’s ex-ministerial colleague Sir Hugo Swire, who accused her of repeating “unfounded allegations against a former member of this House”.